Antioch Network Manchester

01/09/2026

Our co-founder is moving on later this Autumn, and so The Diocese of Manchester is looking to recruit his replacement: Diverse Stream Clergy Lead.

This is an exciting opportunity for a gifted pioneering leader to shape mission in one of the UK’s most culturally diverse urban contexts.

Please click on the link below for more details, including how to apply:

28/08/2026

Antioch is looking to plant a new church on the Ridge Hill Estate in Stalybridge, and we are inviting anyone who is interested to find out more to join us for a Prayer and Vision Evening on Tuesday 15th September at Holy Trinity Stalybridge*.

This evening offers people the chance to find out what we are praying and planning for, in partnership with the EDEN Network and other local churches, and to know how they might get involved.

Namely, we're looking for:
🔥 Someone to Lead - a paid role combining EDEN Leader with Church Planter
🫱🏻‍🫲🏽People to join our Launch team
🙏🏼People to pray for this to thrive

If you could be one of these people, please keep that evening free, and we will confirm more details closer to the time.

In the meantime, a link to the job vacancy itself is below:
www.antiochnetwork.org.uk/opportunities-and-recruitment

Holy Trinity Stalybridge, the venue for the evening and a great local church, is on 19 Corporation St, Stalybridge SK15 2JS, and a Google Maps Link to the venue is below:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/7fQgB3rrGCnSTi5q7

We're always looking for new people

17/08/2026

So our Mailing List for our 2026/27 free course in Church Planting (called "REAP") is gradually growing.

We are still finalising dates and a venue for the upcoming Course, which is due to start on Mondays monthly from late September onwards.

In the meantime, please email [email protected] if you'd like to be added to our Mailing List. You can unsubscribe at any time. Details enclosed.

05/08/2026

Antioch is now recruiting for 2 x vacancies.

The first Vacancy is for a Church Plant Leader based in Salford, and the second is for a Church Planter / EDEN Leader based in Ridge Hill, Stalybridge.

For details on the 2 roles, Ts and C's, and how to apply, please click on the enclosed thread and link:

www.antiochnetwork.org.uk/opportunities-and-recruitment

24/07/2026

Antioch's 2025/26 "REAP" Church Planting course finished earlier this month, and we are developing plans to re-launch REAP for 2026/27.

The 2026/27 REAP Course will, this time, meet in-person, once a month from September 2026 until June 2027, and it will likely be held at a new venue in Greater Manchester.

"REAP" stands for "Recruit, Equip, Animate, Plant" and it is aimed at future Plant Team members as well as future Church Planter, both from within our Network and wider The Diocese of Manchester but also further afield in other denominations, streams and networks.

The course is free to attend, and if you would like to be on our Mailing List for dates and details, please email us at [email protected].

You can unsubscribe at any time.

23/07/2026

Last month, 172 people from across the Antioch Network came to our annual Weekend Away which was held at the Quinta Christian Retreat Centre in Shropshire.

As well as lots of fun with camp fires and marshmallows, games and sports, lots of those who attended have met with God in powerful ways, so we praise God for moving as He did.

More stories and photos are to follow, but for now, thanks to everyone who made this possible, including
>> Our brilliant Quinta planning team: you know who you are!
>> Emma and Amelia from The Diocese of Manchester "Places Project", who led our youth sessions
>> Everyone who donated towards the costs of the Weekend
>> Our own Greg Sharples, Clergy Lead for Antioch, who was the main speaker at the weekend.

20/07/2026

We are Recruiting!
Antioch Network is partnering with the EDEN Network to offer a Full Time role based in the Ridge Hill Estate in Stalybridge.

The role combines 2 x responsibilities:
• EDEN Team Leader…………… 3 days per week
• Church Planter………………… 2 days per week

Click below to find out more about the role and how to apply:

www.antiochnetwork.org.uk/opportunities-and-recruitment

For anyone who doesn't know, Antioch is a "Bishop's Mission Order" in the Anglican Diocese of Manchester, we are part of the Diocese's strategy of Church Planting and Revitalisation.

We exist to make disciples by planting small-ish churches, both in ethnically diverse neighbourhoods and on housing estates across the The Diocese of Manchester.

For more details, please go to www.antiochnetwork.org.uk.

Photo by Etienne Girardet via www.unsplash.com

26/06/2026

Antioch is headed to the wonderful Quinta Retreat Centre in Shropshire today for a Network Weekend Away.

Please pray for safe travels, no dramas with the extreme heat and for God to impact everyone who comes, so that we come back refreshed and fired up to go again, to plant more churches and to reach new people.

Please pray especially for Rev Greg Sharples, (pictured below right) our new Clergy Lead, who is our keynote speaker this weekend

27/05/2026

Antioch's 2025/26 "REAP Church Planting Course is due to finish this July, and we are likely running another cohort of REAP this September.

We run REAP monthly on Monday evenings, some courses in person, other cohorts online

If you're interested in church planting - as a potential leader or a team member - please let us know* as below.

To be added to our REAP Mailing List for the next course, please email [email protected] and we will send you REAP updates.

We don't "spam" people, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

12/05/2026

Here are some photos of last night's licencing service for Rev Greg Sharples, the new clergy lead for Antioch Network Manchester. Bishop David Walker officiated the ceremony, which was hosted by St. Phillips Church Chapel Street, in Salford.

Thanks to everyone who came and who contributed to the event's success, and welcome Greg, Sophie and kids.

We're praying for you and your family.

Antioch is a registered charity and a Bishop's Mission Order of the Anglican The Diocese of Manchester . We plant churches in outer estates and ethnically diverse neighborhoods.

To find out more, please go to our website: antiochnetworkmcr.org.uk